Joseph A. James, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Richmond, VA
Joseph A. James, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Richmond, Virginia, and NPI 1699761221, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101055541, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph A. James
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101055541 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6900 Midlothian Tpke, Richmond, VA 23225
- Phone
- (804) 635-0590
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2026
- Fax
- (877) 471-2998
- Medicaid ID
- 5826039 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100315000459); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6900 Midlothian Tpke
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joseph A. James in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101055541Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,422 Medicare Part D claims for 553 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate97 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium60 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium44 claims
- Losartan Potassium43 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide38 claims
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide38 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $412.91
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Centerwell Senior Primary Care VA PLLCRichmond, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph A. James among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Joseph A. James, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
547 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Richmond
They are 547 of the 14,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Richmond, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Joseph A. James, MD's NPI number?
Joseph A. James, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699761221, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph A. James, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6900 Midlothian Tpke, Richmond, VA, 23225. Phone: (804) 635-0590. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph A. James, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101055541, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph A. James, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph A. James, MD had 1,422 Medicare Part D claims for 553 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.